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Claim for €2.3m against businessman and wife to proceed to full hearing

Date
2016-10-14
Stage
Hearing Or Decision
Primary locality
Wexford
County
Wexford

Summary

The High Court has ordered that the claim for €2.3 million brought by Seamus Maguire and Company Solicitors against businessman Alan Hynes and his wife Noreen Hynes, trading as A&N Properties, will proceed to a full hearing. The solicitors seek summary judgment for the amount in relation to a cheque allegedly dishonoured. The cheque, drawn in November 2007, was made payable to the solicitors' client account and was held at the defendants' request. The defendants, who had borrowed €3 million from AIB to acquire and refinance a site in Moongate, claim the funds were diverted to another property and that the cheque was never paid. They deny the cheque was dishonoured and argue there is no evidence of dishonour. Mr Justice Paul McDermott ruled that the defendants raised an arguable defence that warrants a full hearing, but he was not satisfied that they had established a basis to dismiss the claim.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Claim for €2.3m against businessman and wife to proceed to full hearing. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

Case subjects

Alan Hynes

Applicant

Noreen Hynes

Applicant

Places mentioned

Court Venue
  • The High Court
Secondary Mention

Topics

Stage Hearing Or Decision

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